Florida Recount Deadline Nears, But Judge Could Change ThatThe state will proceed to a manual recount if the machine recount finds any of the races are separated by 0.25 percentage point or less. In a separate ruling early Thursday, Walker ordered Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner to put an estimated 5,000 rejected ballots back into play.

Migrant caravan arrives at U.S.-Mexico borderThe bulk of the migrant caravan crossing Mexico began arriving Thursday at the U.S. border, as around 800 Central Americans reached the city of Tijuana aboard 22 buses after more than a month’s trek.

Animal survivors of the California firesThe wildfires that ripped through communities in Northern and Southern California this week have left heartbreaking images of eviscerated neighborhoods and coroners searching for human remains.